3D Printing of the Heart for Catheter Based Cardiac Interventions

Project Description:
Percutaneous intervention of structural heart disease is dependent on accurate anatomical information of the cardiac structure, which is usually obtained by cardiac ultrasound, CT and/or MRI. However, these imaging technologies have several potential drawbacks, including artifacts and 2D image projections of the complex 3D cardiac anatomy with significant pathology.

The goal of this project is to develop innovative ways to create 3D printed models of the focused cardiac anatomy that are targets of percutaneous intervention from routinely used imaging data of cardiac ultrasound so the 3D models may be used to deliver anatomically accurate information of the target structure in clinical assessment and pre-procedure planning.

Project Mentor:
Engineering Mentor: William C. Tang, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UCI, wctang@uci.edu
Physician Mentor: Jin Kim, MD PhD, Department of Cardiology, UCI, jkim13@uci.edu
 

Team Members:

Jennifer Barrientos, Kyle Tatsumi Brumm, Roy Alexander Garcia, Weiding Huang, Lourdes Maldonado Castaneda and Leilani Razon